Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:26:00 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c if_fxpvar.h Message-ID: <16046.64504.186129.388342@emerger.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030429165916.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <16046.55840.945040.149302@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <XFMail.20030429165916.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> A mutex is far more expensive than an spl. Huh? If so, then something is *really* screwed up, since SPL's block out lots of things, while mutex's can/should block little things. That's how we get greater parrallelism. Nate
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